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When he returns home for his father's birthday, a man finds that his family is struggling to accept his transition.

Showcases how love plays out between two very different people over the course of 15 years. Are the bonds between us stronger than the forces that would tear us apart?

Anthology series that explores the experiences of women in personal and emotional moments.

British comedy duo Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant send their simple and closed-minded friend Karl Pilkington on a trip around the world to experience a variety of people and cultures.

Tragi-comedy following middle-aged taxi driver Karl and the voice inside his head as he attempts to move on from his ex-girlfriend Zoe and care for his auntie Norma.

Karl is faced with the different aspects of life by travelling around the world and discovering how different people face life's challenges.

Follows The Hoff as, 30 years after rising to fame with "Knight Rider" and "Baywatch," he moves to the UK to get his career back on track and make sense of his increasingly-surreal life.

Follows Ezra, who makes a journey across Britain, walking 1,200 miles in 95 days from the most westerly point of England, Lands End, to the northern tip of Scotland, John O'Groats.

The biggest pop duo of 2004 faces issues when reuniting.

Seann Walsh takes his gags to the Highlands as part of his One For The Road tour, along with punning support act and driver Mark Simmons. Carnage and comedy as they career around Scotland without a tour manager or 4G signal in sight.

Karl takes a job as a chauffeur in order to pay for a new car and, eventually, a place of his own but his new job prevents him from spending time with Norma.

A health scare sends Karl into despair when he realises he may have another forty years to live. Ruby convinces him to go back to Manchester to see an old friend.

Karl just can't seem to laugh anymore, at least, not while he's awake. A night out at a comedy club brings Karl and Ruby closer together.

Karl starts to realize how much he likes Ruby. The trouble is he doesn't know if she likes him back.

Karl and Ruby take a trip to New York to clear up some family business. The trip brings Karl and Ruby teasingly close together, but will they finally get together before it's too late?

A concerned mother who struggles to help her teenage daughter Freya as she becomes increasingly consumed by social media.

Still in India, Karl and Warwick are still clashing over Karl's want to be part of the Spider Sister's "act", as Warwick feels it's solely to capitalize on his dwarfism and the old mentality of him and the Spider Sisters being sideshow freaks. Once in China and on a Yangtze River cruise, Warwick believes that Karl's experience on the cruise is some retribution. They next travel to a panda reserve, and are required to get up and close and personal with one in what Karl considers a less than safe way. They decide to do some people watching on a down Sunday in Chengdu, with them being the ones watched at a food fair. This experience demonstrates how far Karl has progressed in what he is willing to do as a regular tourist. They next plan to scale Mount Emeishan to visit a Buddhist temple atop. This experience shows to the other how much they have relied on the other on this trip. They finally reach what is supposed to be their final destination of Hong Kong. Ricky, however, wants to provide them with what they think is a special side trip to Macau, but what is meant for their adventures to end on a high.

Karl and Warwick arrive in Mumbai, India, the country which Karl hated on his last visit. Warwick, who is immediately taken by the sights and sounds, hopes Karl will appreciate it this second time around, while Karl wants to expose Warwick to the down and dirty side of life in India. They partake in the morning activity of laughing yoga. Ricky manages to get both Warwick and Karl parts in a Bollywood movie, which is right up Warwick's alley, but in which Karl wants to do his own improvisation. Next, Ricky gets them on a train to Varanasi, specifically so that they can watch the sun rise over the Ganges after they camp overnight by the riverside. That once in a lifetime activity is jeopardized specifically by Karl's reaction to some neighbors and on the sun in general. It is the life and death daily activity that fascinates both Karl and Warwick. They hop back on a train to head to West Bengal for the next activity chosen by Warwick, performing in the Olympic Circus, which is challenging if only in choosing what they will do that will impress the crowds. It's what Karl chooses next to see that could threaten his friendship with Warwick.

For the latest proposed travel adventure of Marco Polo's route from Venice to China, Karl wants to take along a mate for support and companionship. Who Ricky assigns is Warwick Davis, who Karl believes will be more of a hindrance than an asset if only because of his dwarf stature. But as their stay in their first locale - Venice - progresses, Karl realizes that the biggest problem with Warwick as an adventure travel partner is their total incompatibility in terms of what they want to do and experience. Their first Warwick chosen event is to attend a masquerade ball, which is a ritual of the area dating back centuries. Their choice of costumes reflects what they want to portray of themselves, although Karl feels less inclined to partake in the masquerade portion of the costume selection. This Warwick chosen activity is balanced by a Karl chosen activity: using a jet pack to fly over the canals. This activity ends up being a little less fun than Karl had anticipated. They then take a short cut from Marco Polo's route to go to Macedonia, first to hang out with Romani gypsies. Then on Warwick's suggestion for both their enjoyment, they go to see practitioners of Sufi Islam, they who perform mystical exercises. Karl is surprised that he himself enjoys participating in the ritual of the exercises, until... Finally, on Ricky's want, Karl goes up in the air attached to over-sized helium balloons. But Karl figures what is good for the goose is also good for the gander, which doesn't sit well with either Ricky or Warwick, if only for Karl's rationale.

A commentary track for The Short Way Around: China (2012).

As premiered on Sky One. Karl Pilkington travels the world in search of answers to some of life's most important questions. He begins with marriage, wondering whether he is wrong about not wanting to tie the knot with his long-term girlfriend. In Delhi, he gains an insight into arranged marriages by going on a date with a prospective wife - and her parents - and in Bangalore, he is asked to help a pair of elite wedding planners. He also sniffs out a scientific approach to finding the perfect partner in LA, before searching for an alternative way of getting hitched in Las Vegas.

Karl sets off to discover what kinds of things people do to be happy; and discovers some amazing and different things people do to achieve it.

Disillusioned with show business David warms to Danny's proposal that he becomes a UN goodwill ambassador but learns that he needs debating experience. Thus he turns up at Harriet's old school for their model UN debate and finds himself going head to head with the odious head boy, Alvin, the usual winner. David wins, thanks to a little bribery but his acceptance speech provided by Dieter proves to be controversial and his popularity is on the wane. Fortunately Harriet knows how to rally support when it is most needed.